They, uh, actually did fall behind before he ever got onto the field, I was there. And if anything, it shows Beli’s increasing arrogance over the years. He started with practices back when Thomas was stuck in a snowstorm, he eventually benched Gray for a regular season game, he benched Welker for part of a playoff…

Butler can’t say anything, because Butler has been honest that he was never given a reason. That’s the point. That’s the entire point. If it was injury, you just tell Butler it was due to injury, and Butler eventually talks about it.

right, but you can actually see a progression over time. It started with benching during practice. It escalated to benching a committee player for a game. It escalated to benching a KEY player for part of a PLAYOFF game. And now we’ve come to benching a key player for the entire superbowl.

If it was an injury, if it was literally anything other than what it obviously was, Butler would have said something by now.  

Hey man, I’m a big Pats fan. I think that Belichick’s benefits greatly outweigh his faults. But he isn’t perfect, and let’s be honest with one another, Belichick has an MO for dealing with players. This fits that MO perfectly. And he refuses to talk about it. If he had a legitimate, innocuous reason for doing this,…

Uhhh, this exact situation has played out dozens of times before. Players get benched all the time for minor infractions. Shit, we lost a playoff game when critical WR Wes Welker sat on the bench watching the pats fall desperately behind to the Jets. He got put back in after Belichick felt he had asserted his…

Yup.

We all know what it was though, right? Butler did something that any reasonable person would say was no big deal, at best a very minor indiscretion (doesn’t matter what it was).

Right? Same properties as insulation, 1 solid structure is weak compared to lots of small air gaps created by trees, vines, etc. I would think that rows of aborvitae would be WAY cheaper than $2M per mile, provide noise and actual polution controls, and be a hell of a lot more scenic than a wall.

It’s not, they’ve really dropped off in quality over the last few years as people increasingly go to Quick Serve places in lieu of the sit down restaraunt.  It’s sad, I really enjoyed Chili’s.

Don’t forget the part where he skips the verdict to go drinking.  That is some Jeff Winger level lawyering.

Was he preemptively maced? Maybe.

This show had awful writing, a pretty weak plot, and a whole lot of “aliens doing seemingly dumb things for alien reasons.”

POLICE: Sounds to me like some normal basketball shit.

This is scarily accurate. This woman is so fucking stupid, just like every person that calls the police on Xing while black.

Ok, but that’s like, i dunno, 1/10th of what i need. who the fuck hires a fancy sex worker to WORK a family BBQ? Who’s family recognizes and wants pictures with said fancy sex worker? Also, why did she bring 50,000 worth of jewelry that she did not intend to wear to a party? I mean, there are definitely more questions…

LeSean McCoy had hired her to help him host a party but that, when she arrived, it ended up being more of a family barbecue—and afterward McCoy refused to pay. The woman also told police that she was forced to leave behind thousands of dollars in jewelry at McCoy’s home, and later added that she suspected that McCoy…

I can’t even come close to deciphering the “black and Mexican" one.

ehhh, its close for Labatt. With his chip stack, this was more a decision of “are you going to Ricky Bobby this thing, or try to optimize your earnings.”

Under the gun raises, 1 call, and an all all-in ahead of you? You are guaranteed to be playing against a higher pair. You should absolutely fold in this scenario without hesitation, and that is before considering it’s an all-in call with his chip stack.